SMT. SURESTHA & ANR. vs STATE

$~ * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Judgment delivered on: 03.07.2025 CRL.M.C. 434/2025 & CRL.M.A. 2116/2025 SMT. SURESTHA & ANR. .....Petitioners Through: Mr. Kamal Kant Jha, Mr. Avinash Singh, Mr. Manas Tiwari, Ms. Juhi Mishra, Advocates versus STATE .....Respondent Through: Mr. Rajkumar, APP for the State with SI Nisha Sharma. CORAM: HON’BLE DR. JUSTICE SWARANA KANTA SHARMA JUDGMENT DR. SWARANA KANTA SHARMA, J 1. The present petition has been filed by the petitioners under Section 528 of the Bhartiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 seeking quashing of FIR No. 359/2023, registered at Police Station Govindpuri, Delhi for commission of offences punishable under Sections 323/341 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 [hereafter ‘IPC’] and Section 75 of the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015 [hereafter ‘JJ Act’] – on the basis of a settlement arrived at between the parties. CRL.M.C. 434/2025 2. Brief facts of the case are that on 15.06.2023, upon receiving information vide DD No. 56A, the police officials reached the place of the incident, i.e., Gali No. 27, Tughlakabad Extension, Delhi. However, they did not find the complainant at the location. On the ni